Pre-Colombian Americas -BBG

A prevailing theory is that the lack of what in the Pre-Columbian Americas led to an inability to technologically develop on the same level as contemporary Afro-Eurasian civilizations (and have no immunity to diseases like: Smallpox)?

• Iron

• Road systems

• Large Animals

• Human rights

The term pre-columbian describes the history of America before the arrival of

• Pyramids

• Human sacrifices

• Writing

• Europeans

Tikal and Chichen Itza were large urban centers (city-states) in what civilization?

• Incan

• Cherokee

• Gupta

• Mayan

Which pre-Columbian civilization ruled a collection of tributary city-states in Meso-America, and also developed their own writing system (hieroglyphs).

• Aztecs

• Mayan

• Incas

• Toltec

The Aztec civilization was known for demanding tribute from other cities by establishing a group of professional what?

• Merchants

• Military soldiers

• Bureaucrats

• Metalworkers

The religion of the Aztecs can be best described as:

• Monotheistic & Christian

• Polytheistic & Sacrificial

• Monotheistic & Judaism

• Polytheistic & Peacful

What city did the Aztecs establish circa 1325 on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco?

• Teotihuacan
• Culhuacan
• Texcoco
• Tenochtitlan

What is a clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society called?

• Chinampa

• Quipi

• Calpulli

• Conquistadors

The Aztecs built floating gardens to help them grow more crops called...

• Terraces, turning steep, rocky mountain slopes into stair-like structures for farming

• seaweed

• Chinampas or artificial islands that were created by interweaving reeds with stakes beneath the lake's surface, creating underwater fences.

What specific type of agricultural engineering were the Incans most known?

• Chinampas

• Terracing

• Champa Rice

• Horse Collar